Linguistics, the systematic study of human language, lies at the crossroads of the humanities and the social sciences, drawing on a special combination of intuition and rigor that the analysis of language demands.
Cornell University graduate students showcased their research in five-minute lightning talks at the inaugural Cornell Volunteer Summit Oct. 16. The event highlighted research communication skills and discoveries spanning law, engineering, nutrition, linguistics, and psychology.
Linguist John McWhorter will offer a talk Nov. 2 at Cornell University as part of the College of Arts & Science's America250 events. McWhorter, associate professor of linguistics at Columbia University, is the author of “Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now and Forever” and “Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed…
An exhibit on endangered languages and language revitalization efforts opens Oct. 22 at Cornell University Libraries. Supported by the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Linguistics, the exhibit highlights five threatened languages.
Smoke dancers, ASL poetry and explorations of endangered languages will highlight a series of events at Cornell University Oct. 15-Nov. 6 that celebrates the importance of language throughout U.S. history.
In this hands-on workshop designed for ASL educators, sessions will focus on the selection and use of assessment tools, calibration processes, identification of iimplementation flaws, fairness in grading, and the development of clear and meaningful rubrics in assessing ASL students’ skills.
Discover how language impacts the theory and practice of law. Topics include: origins of legal language, linguistics in the courtroom, plagiarism and language rights. This course also introduces areas of linguistics such as syntax, semantics, pragmatics and sociolinguistics, which explicate a wide range of legal matters where both spoken and written language come to fore.
